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Procalcitonin kinetics after burn injury and burn surgery in septic and non-septic patients – a retrospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Early sepsis diagnosis is crucial for the correct management of burn patients, and it clearly influences outcomes. The systemic inflammatory response triggered by burns mimics sepsis presentation and complicates early sepsis diagnosis. Biomarkers were advocated to aid the diagnosis of ea...

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Autores principales: Cabral, Luís, Afreixo, Vera, Meireles, Rita, Vaz, Miguel, Marques, Margarida, Tourais, Isabel, Chaves, Catarina, Almeida, Luís, Paiva, José Artur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30185148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-018-0585-6